The Cairo Light Rail Transit (
Arabic
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: القطار الكهربائي الخفيف) or Cairo LRT is an electrified
light rail system linking the city of
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...
to
Egypt
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's
New Administrative Capital
The New Administrative Capital (NAC) ( ar, العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة, al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Gadīda) is a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of Cairo City. It is planned to be Egypt's ...
and the
10th of Ramadan City. An initial 70 km route consisting of 12 stations was inaugurated on 3 July 2022.
Further phases of the project are currently being built by a partnership between Egypt's National Authority for Tunnels and a consortium of Chinese construction companies. The full system is projected to extend over 100 km with 19 stations.
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History
The Light Rail Transit project was devised by the Egyptian government to link the New Administrative Capital
The New Administrative Capital (NAC) ( ar, العاصمة الإدارية الجديدة, al-ʿĀṣima al-ʾIdārīya al-Gadīda) is a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of Cairo City. It is planned to be Egypt's ...
to the current capital of Cairo. Additionally, the system would provide transportation to other New Urban Communities
to the east of Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo met ...
, such as 10th of Ramadan City, Badr City
Badr ( ar, بدر ) is a city located north east in the Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Badr is planned as an industrial city and includes 129 factories. In addition to this, 350 factories are still under construction. Most factories are built with th ...
, Obour or El Shorouk
El Shorouk ( ar, الشروق , "the Sunrise") is a city in the Greater Cairo area, specifically located northeast of Cairo and north of New Cairo in the province of Cairo. El Shorouk is one of Third Generation cities, established by P ...
.Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
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and Chinese ambassador Liao Liqiang.
Route
The system links Cairo with 10th of Ramadan City and with the New Administrative Capital. The main branch of the system serves the city of Cairo in Adly Mansour station, providing an interchange with Line 3 of the Cairo Metro
The Cairo Metro ( ar, مترو أنفاق القاهرة, Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or ) is the rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in Africa a ...
. The line extends east serving the New Urban Communities of El Obour, Future City, El Shorouk, New Heliopolis and Badr City. At Badr Station the tracks separate, with one branch turning north towards 10th of Ramadan City and another turning south towards the New Administrative Capital. The northern branch currently terminates in the Knowledge City Station, in the outskirts of 10th of Ramadan. The line will eventually reach the center of the city.[
The New Administrative Capital branch turns south, serving the Capital International Airport before terminating at Arts and Culture City. This station will provide an interchange with the Cairo- New Administrative Capital Monorail line in the future. The branch will eventually serve the Octagon military complex and the ]Nativity Cathedral
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before terminating at the future New Administrative Capital high-speed rail station.
Stations
See also
* Cairo Monorail
* Cairo Metro
The Cairo Metro ( ar, مترو أنفاق القاهرة, Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or ) is the rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in Africa a ...
* Egypt's High-speed rail
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References
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Rail transport in Egypt
Light rail in Africa
Transport in Cairo
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